SOW for KS3 A SOW looking at contemporary heroes and villains - focus on drama but with reading and writing also. Teacher models Persuasive writing Monologue writing Speaking and listening Creative writing Analysis Research tasks Clips Previously on TES with 12 reviews at 5 star rating - TES recommended. A well-planned, drama-based scheme of that is also effectively mapped in terms of reading, writing and speaking and listening. Engaging content and a great range of activities and resources. Thank very much for sharing this collection of resources; it'll be featured in the next secondary English newsletter - w/c 1st October 2012 Quotes from teachers Everything here is of a really high standard and very detailed - many thanks for this :) Brilliant- modern and useful! Just what I need for my year 7 class. Thank you for sharing A very detailed and comprehensive resource. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Focus on how to develop analysis and structure a solid essay. Common errors with essay writing. Pair work to explore George and Lennie's relationship. Close analysis of language - authorial intention. Teacher model of introduction, main body and development. Mark scheme.

Looking at how to hook a reader in the opening sentence and paragraph of a book. Pair work analysing opening sentences. Success criteria. Discussion what makes a strong opening. Analysis and feedback on extract of strong opening - The Graveyard Book. Writing their own opening. Peer assessment.

Lesson looking at connotation and denotation to help students look for meaning behind language. Extract to discuss and analyse. Model of how to analyse language. Model analysis to go though as a class. Differentiated tasks. Peer assessment.

A really fun lesson to engage students with writing poetry! Using a noun (chosen by a peer in order to push for further creativity) as inspiration for writing a poem and choosing a positive/negative semantic field for the poem. Teacher model for analysis. Examples of famous poems that contain extended metaphors and unusual structure. List of techniques to be used in writing poems.

14 slide lesson looking at how writers open their novels and what this can reveal. Focus on The Road by Cormac McCarthy. How to tackle a text - aspects of narrative. Different opening lines to novels - discussion on what they reveal to reader. Why were they crafted this way. Extract of opening of The Road - link to two aspects of narrative. Analysis of opening and symbolism used. Examples for class of strong quotes. Homework task/class task depending on speed of class.

KS3 - Developing essay writing. Challenging task for extra work/summer/extended project. Using Philip Pullman’s ‘The Northern Lights’. Planning their own essay topic - choosing their own essay title. Success criteria. Structure of an essay. PQEL explanation - with a more detailed scaffold. Self assessment. Questions for book review.

KS3 - Developing essay writing. Using Lord Tennyson’s ‘The Kraken’ Discussion images to engage students. Poem and glossary of terms. Success criteria. List of techniques to look for. Structure of an essay. PQEL explanation - with a more detailed scaffold. Poem to annotate with some techniques in bold. Self assessment.

A descriptive writing lesson building on a class' understanding of 'show, don't tell'. Looking at building simple sentences into showing sentences where descriptive techniques have been used to create impact. List of techniques needed, teacher model, sentences to convert to description, self assessment.

Step by step creative writing leading to a descriptive short story. 6 PPTs that cover at least 6 lessons - more if done in detail. Teacher models Analysis of creative writing Development of ideas Narrative hooks Sensory writing Previously on TES with 26 reviews all at 5 stars. Some quotes: "This is fantastic, really clear and engaging. Look forward to adapting with my class" "Excellent resource. Really useful" "Excellent variety of key elements of writing. Fantastic resource." "This is incredibly useful, thank you so much, exactly the step by step walkthrough my class needs!"

KS3 lesson exploring conventions of genre. Pair work detailing different conventions of genre. Trailer for films to help understanding of conventions of genre. Creative writing task writing the opening paragraph to a story from this genre. Describe the location and introduce one character. Differentiated tasks. Peer assessment

Engaging lesson to consolidate understanding of plot and develop understandings of themes - focus on deceit. Students move around classroom after every thunder flash on PPT - they collect evidence of the theme of deceit and consolidate knowledge of plot. Previously on TES and rated 23 times at 4.9 stars.

Perfect for KS3 Interrogating poems - how is atmosphere created in the poem The Listeners? Developing understanding of what to focus on when reading a poem and analysing language. Writing a response. Writing a creative piece based on Listeners - differentiated tasks. Peer assessment.

KS3 lesson on creative writing Creating a mythical creature! Scenario - lost in the woods and come across a new creature. Develop setting through brainstorm & answering questions. Draw and describe creature met there - make sure they fit setting. Targets for different levels. Self assess.

Extracts to analyse two passages from Harry Potter. One practise question. Two test questions. Detailed mark scheme with example answers.

How to write a strong essay and analyse language from the chapter ‘In the Nursery’ from WIB. Examples of A*-C grade writing. Strong quotes to analyse. Detailed analysis of quotes to model deconstruction of language.

A collection of adjectives for students to use to build up strong descriptions of heroes and villains.

Four lessons on Sci-Fi Basic overview of what makes Sci-Fi - film clips, discussion etc. Creative tasks - imagining what the future might be like. Creative writing tasks with differentiated success criteria. Inference and deduction - group work analysing a text and working out if someone really spotted an alien! A Martain Sends a Postcard Home - reading and discussing and then creating a description of their own alien.

Focussing on getting strong interpretations of the text and develop language analysis. Example of quote to analyse. Teacher model for class to annotate and mark. Ideas to discuss as a class. Framework for answering essay question. Differentiated success criteria.